U.S. Scott #1804 #1804 FDC, cachet
by Western Silk

U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
"Black Heritage" U.S. Postage Stamps

Part of the U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog
by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137, henkle@pobox.com

(last updated .11-13-2025)

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      This page lists all forty-seven (47) "Black Heritage" Postage Stamps issued by the United States Postal Service (USPS) from 1978 through 2024. See the References section for other sites that also list these stamps, but they do not include all of the details and links for each stamp listed here. I can find no other site which lists
all honorees in Last Name order.

      References

      Sc20/pp = 2020 Scott Specialized Catalog, the latest edition I own / page number(s) [i.e. my personal TOC lookup].
      Mystic = Click on the "Mystic Stamp Company" link to view a mint copy of the stamp and other information about it.
      Wikipedia = Click on the "Wikipedia" link to view information about the subject honored on the stamp.
      FDC Cachetmakers = Click on a Cachetmaker's name to view their FDC Cachet for the stamp as displayed on this site.
      Lww1/pp or Lww2/pp = pages where a biography of the individual pictured on this issue can be found in the two (1991/1993) editions of the "Linn's Who's Who on U.S. Stamps".
      Bbh/pp = pages where cropped FDC cachets, si,ilar to Mellone 1940s Catalog, etc. can be found in the 1999, "Brookman Black Heritage First Day Cachet Cover Catalog, 1st ed.".

WORK-IN-PROGRESS, Not all off-site links (in BOLD) work yet.
  1. U.S. Scott #1744 -- 2-01-1978 -- Washington, DC -- 13¢ -- Black Heritage: Harriet Tubman -- Sc20/156 -- Lww1/379 -- Bbh/27-29 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- FDC Cachetmakers: N.O.W.-N.Y. -- Western Silk
  2. U.S. Scott #1771 -- 1-13-1979 -- Atlanta, GA -- 15¢ -- Black Heritage: Martin Luther King Jr. -- Sc20/ -- Lww1/198 -- Bbh/31-35 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  3. U.S. Scott #1804 -- 2-15-1980 -- Annapolis, MD -- 15¢ -- Black Heritage: Benjamin Banneker -- Sc20/161 -- Lww1/15 -- Bbh/37-40 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- FDC Cachetmakers: -- Western Silk
  4. U.S. Scott #1875 -- 1-30-1981 -- New York, NY -- 15¢ -- Black Heritage: Whitney Moore Young -- Sc20/165 -- Lww1/412 -- Bbh/47-49 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- FDC Cachetmakers: N.O.W.-N.Y.
  5. U.S. Scott #2016 -- 8-02-1982 -- Cooperstown, NY -- 20¢ -- Black Heritage: Jackie Robinson (Jack Roosevelt) -- Sc20/172-173 -- Lww1/312 -- Bbh/51-54 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  6. U.S. Scott #2044 -- 6-09-1983 -- Sedelia, MO (Site of Joplin's Maple Leaf Club) -- 20¢ -- Black Heritage: Scott Joplin -- Sc20/175 -- Lww1/188 -- Bbh/55-57 -- Ln83/51-54 -- Minkus #CM1091 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  7. U.S. Scott #2073 -- 2-01-1984 -- Washington, DC -- 20¢ -- Black Heritage: Carter G. Woodson -- Sc20/177 -- Lww1/408 -- Bbh/59-61 -- Ln84/26-29 -- Minkus #CM1117 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  8. U.S. Scott #2137 -- 3-05-1985 -- Washington, DC -- 20¢ -- Black Heritage: Mary McLeod Bethune -- Sc20/182 -- Lww1/24 -- Bbh/67-69 -- Ln85/15-19 -- Minkus #CM1153 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  9. U.S. Scott #2203 -- 2-04-1986 -- New Paltz, NY -- 22¢ -- Black Heritage: Sojourner Truth -- Sc20/186 -- Lww1/378 -- Bbh/71-72 -- Ln86/25 -- Minkus #CM1183 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  10. U.S. Scott #2249 -- 2-20-1987 -- Chicago, IL -- 22¢ -- Black Heritage: Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable -- Sc20/189 -- Lww1/324 -- Bbh/79-80 -- Ln87/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  11. U.S. Scott #2371 -- 2-02-1988 -- Nashville, TN -- 22¢ -- Black Heritage: James Weldon Johnson -- Sc20/195 -- Lww1/182 -- Bbh/81-82 -- Ln88/ -- Minkus #CM130 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  12. U.S. Scott #2402 -- 2-03-1989 -- New York, NY -- 25¢ -- Black Heritage: A. Philip Randolph (Asa) -- Sc20/197 -- Lww1/303 -- Bbh/83-84 -- Ln89/16-20 -- Minkus #CM129 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  13. U.S. Scott #2442 -- 2-01-1989 -- Chicago, IL -- 25¢ -- Black Heritage: Ida B. Wells (Bell) -- Sc20/198 -- Lww1/391 -- Bbh/85-86 -- Ln89/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  14. U.S. Scott #2567 -- 9-15-1991 -- Lynn, MA -- 29¢ -- Black Heritage: Jan E. Matzeliger (Ernst) (1852-1889) Inventor -- Sc20/208 -- Lww2/151 -- Bbh/89-90 -- Ln91/111-117 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  15. U.S. Scott #2617 -- 1-31-1992 -- Atlanta, GA -- 29¢ -- Black Heritage: W.E.B. Du Bois (William Edward Burghart) -- Sc20/210 -- Lww2/69 -- Bbh/91-92 -- Ln92/23-30 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  16. U.S. Scott #2746 -- 1-29-1993 -- Chicago, IL -- 29¢ -- Black Heritage: Percy Lavon Julian -- Sc20/216 -- Bbh/97-98 -- Ln93/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  17. U.S. Scott #2816 -- 2-01-1994 -- Williamstown, MA -- 29¢ -- Black Heritage: Dr. Allison Davis -- Sc20/220 -- Bbh/107-108 -- Ln94/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  18. U.S. Scott #2956 -- 4-27-1995 -- Chicago, IL -- 32¢ -- Black Heritage: Bessie Coleman -- Sc20/228 -- Bbh/119-120 -- Ln95/40-45 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  19. U.S. Scott #3058 -- 2-01-1996 -- Washington, DC -- 32¢ -- Black Heritage: Ernest E. Just (Everett) -- Sc20/233 -- Bbh/127-128 -- Ln96/21-25 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  20. U.S. Scott #3121 -- 1-28-1997 -- Washington, DC -- 32¢ -- Black Heritage: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. -- Sc20/237 -- Bbh/131-133 -- Ln97/13-17 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  21. U.S. Scott #3181 -- 1-28-1998 -- Indianapolis, IN -- 32¢ -- Black Heritage: Madam C.J. Walker -- Sc20/242 -- Bbh/137-138 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  22. U.S. Scott #3273 -- 1-20-1999 -- New York, NY -- 33¢ -- Black Heritage: Malcolm X -- Sc20/249 -- Bbh/153 -- Ln99/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  23. U.S. Scott #3371 -- 1-27-2000 -- Washington, DC -- 33¢ -- Black Heritage: Patricia Roberts Harris -- Sc20/254 -- Ln00/42-46 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  24. U.S. Scott #3501 -- 1-24-2001 -- Minneapolis, MN -- 34¢ -- Black Heritage: Roy Wilkins -- Sc20/ -- Ln01/13-16 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  25. U.S. Scott #3557 -- 2-01-2002 -- New York, NY -- 34¢ -- Black Heritage: Langston Hughes -- Sc20/265 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  26. U.S. Scott #3746 -- 1-07-2003 -- Washington, DC -- 37¢ -- Black Heritage: Thurgood Marshall -- Sc20/272 -- Ln03/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  27. U.S. Scott #3834 -- 1-20-2004 -- Princeton, NJ -- 37¢ -- Black Heritage: Paul Robeson -- Sc20/277 -- Ln04/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  28. U.S. Scott #3896 -- 1-27-2005 -- Washington, DC -- 37¢ -- Black Heritage: Marian Anderson -- Sc20/281 -- Ln05/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  29. U.S. Scott #3996 -- 1-25-2006 -- Beverly Hills, CA -- 39¢ -- Black Heritage: Hattie McDaniel -- Sc20/287 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  30. U.S. Scott #4120 -- 1-10-2007 -- New York, NY -- 39¢ -- Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald -- Sc20/292 -- Ln07/10-16 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  31. U.S. Scott #4222 -- 1-31-2008 -- Cleveland, OH -- 41¢ -- Black Heritage: Charles W. Chesnutt -- Sc20/298 -- Ln08/19-24 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  32. U.S. Scott #4408 -- 6-11-2009 -- Washington, DC -- 44¢ -- Black Heritage: Anna Julia Cooper -- Sc20/ -- Ln09/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- author, essayist, political activist, and lawyer
  33. U.S. Scott #4464 -- 6-22-2010 -- New York, NY -- 44¢ -- Black Heritage: Oscar Devereaux Micheaux -- Sc20/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- author, film director and producer
  34. U.S. Scott #4565 -- 9-16-2011 -- Houston, TX -- 44¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Barbara Jordan -- Sc20/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- lawyer, educator, and politician
  35. U.S. Scott #4624 -- 1-31-2012 -- Chicago, IL -- 45¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: John Harold Johnson -- Sc20/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- businessman and publisher
  36. U.S. Scott #4803 -- 8-23-2013 -- Flushing, NY -- 46¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Althea Neale Gibson -- Sc20/331 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- tennis player and professional golfer
  37. U.S. Scott #4856 -- 1-31-2014 -- Brooklyn, NY -- 49¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Shirley Chisholm -- Sc20/335 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia -- politician
  38. U.S. Scott #4958 -- 2-12-2015 -- Washington, DC -- 49¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Robert Robinson Taylor -- Sc20/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  39. U.S. Scott #5056 -- 2-02-2016 -- Philadelphia, PA -- 49¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Richard Allen -- Sc20/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  40. U.S. Scott #5171 -- 2-01-2017 -- Washington DC -- 49¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Dorothy Height -- Sc20/354 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  41. U.S. Scott #5259 -- 1-30-2018 -- New York, NY -- 50¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Lena Horne -- Sc20/ -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  42. U.S. Scott #5349 -- 1-28-2019 -- New York, NY -- 55¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Gregory Hines -- Sc20/368 -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  43. U.S. Scott #5432 -- 1-30-2020 -- Washington, DC -- 55¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Gwen Ifill -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  44. U.S. Scott #5555 -- 1-28-2021 -- Pittsburgh, PA -- 55¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: August Wilson -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  45. U.S. Scott #5663 -- 1-26-2022 -- Washington, DC -- 58¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Edmonia Lewis -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  46. U.S. Scott #5753 -- 1-23-2023 -- Lafayette, LA -- 63¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Ernest J. Gaines -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
  47. U.S. Scott #5830 -- 1-31-2024 -- New York, NY -- 68¢ (Forever) -- Black Heritage: Constance Baker Motley -- Mystic -- Wikipedia
U.S. "Black Heritage" Postage Stamps in Last Name order:
  1. #5056 -- 2-02-2016 -- Richard Allen
  2. #3896 -- 1-27-2005 -- Marian Anderson
  3. #1804 -- 2-15-1980 -- Benjamin Banneker
  4. #2137 -- 3-05-1985 -- Mary McLeod Bethune
  5. #4222 -- 1-31-2008 -- Charles W. Chesnutt
  6. #4856 -- 1-31-2014 -- Shirley Chisholm
  7. #2956 -- 4-27-1995 -- Bessie Coleman
  8. #4408 -- 6-11-2009 -- Anna Julia Cooper
  9. #2816 -- 2-01-1994 -- Dr. Allison Davis
  10. #3121 -- 1-28-1997 -- Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
  11. #2617 -- 1-31-1992 -- W.E.B. DuBois
  12. #4120 -- 1-10-2007 -- Ella Fitzgerald
  13. #5753 -- 1-23-2023 -- Ernest J. Gaines
  14. #4803 -- 8-23-2013 -- Althea Gibson
  15. #3371 -- 1-27-2000 -- Patricia Roberts Harris
  16. #5171 -- 2-01-2017 -- Dorothy Height
  17. #5349 -- 1-28-2019 -- Gregory Hines
  18. #5259 -- 1-30-2018 -- Lena Horne
  19. #3557 -- 2-01-2002 -- Langston Hughes
  20. #5432 -- 1-30-2020 -- Gwen Ifill
  21. #2371 -- 2-02-1988 -- James Weldon Johnson
  22. #4624 -- 1-31-2012 -- John H. Johnson
  23. #2044 -- 6-09-1983 -- Scott Joplin
  24. #4565 -- 9-16-2011 -- Barbara Jordan
  25. #2746 -- 1-29-1993 -- Percy Lavon Julian
  26. #3058 -- 2-01-1996 -- Ernest E. Just
  27. #1771 -- 1-13-1979 -- Martin Luther King Jr.
  28. #5663 -- 1-26-2022 -- Edmonia Lewis
  29. #3996 -- 1-25-2006 -- Hattie McDaniel
  30. #3746 -- 1-07-2003 -- Thurgood Marshall
  31. #2567 -- 9-15-1991 -- Jan E. Matzeliger
  32. #4464 -- 6-22-2010 -- Oscar Micheaux
  33. #5830 -- 1-31-2024 -- Constance Baker Motley
  34. #2402 -- 2-03-1989 -- A. Philip Randolph
  35. #3834 -- 1-20-2004 -- Paul Robeson
  36. #2016 -- 8-02-1982 -- Jackie Robinson
  37. #2249 -- 2-20-1987 -- Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable
  38. #4958 -- 2-12-2015 -- Robert Robinson Taylor
  39. #2203 -- 2-04-1986 -- Sojourner Truth
  40. #1744 -- 2-01-1978 -- Harriet Tubman) N.O.W.-N.Y. No. 52 on U.S. Scott #1744
  41. #3181 -- 1-28-1998 -- Madam C.J. Walker
  42. #2442 -- 2-01-1989 -- Ida B. Wells
  43. #3501 -- 1-24-2001 -- Roy Wilkins
  44. #5555 -- 1-28-2021 -- August Wilson
  45. #2073 -- 2-01-1984 -- Carter G. Woodson
  46. #3273 -- 1-20-1999 -- Malcolm X
  47. #1875 -- 1-30-1981 -- Whitney Moore Young
#References
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